Table 4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2007

4 Recipients of social assistance, by duration of benefit and family cycle phase. 2007 ¹
Family cycle phase	Total	Number of months on social asistance												Average duration

Family cycle phase	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Average duration

Total	109 608	22 821	14 909	10 758	8 423	7 082	6 299	5 251	4 986	4 875	5 274	6 084	12 846	5.3

Single males	40 937	7 975	5 295	3 961	3 078	2 660	2 339	2 007	1 848	1 955	2 079	2 388	5 352	5.6
- 19 years	2 342	532	390	320	201	186	166	122	98	81	75	80	91	4.3
20 - 24 years	8 106	1 530	1 154	915	691	572	501	448	415	394	406	394	686	5.2
25 - 44 years	19 989	3 563	2 388	1 809	1 486	1 303	1 179	1 008	916	1 017	1 099	1 282	2 939	5.9
45 - 66 years	9 925	2 094	1 261	874	662	574	472	415	404	451	493	618	1 607	5.7
67 years or more	575	256	102	43	38	25	21	14	15	12	6	14	29	3.3

Single females	23 074	5 125	3 350	2 201	1 839	1 469	1 298	1 093	1 017	928	1 015	1 176	2 563	5.2
- 19 years	1 967	419	376	247	199	143	132	93	86	69	61	54	88	4.3
20 - 24 years	5 314	1 020	828	567	479	393	345	296	260	231	248	239	408	5.0
25 - 44 years	8 138	1 616	1 035	726	616	543	460	415	393	349	401	497	1 087	5.6
45 - 66 years	6 737	1 631	959	591	477	358	328	270	267	259	287	365	945	5.3
67 years or more	918	439	152	70	68	32	33	19	11	20	18	21	35	3.1

Single parents	20 854	4 302	2 921	2 218	1 701	1 356	1 279	999	983	898	963	1 092	2 142	5.2
Males	5 381	852	598	519	419	327	336	276	274	264	297	354	865	6.1
Females	15 473	3 450	2 323	1 699	1 282	1 029	943	723	709	634	666	738	1 277	4.9

Couples without children	11 857	2 945	1 695	1 185	853	749	625	546	515	463	498	568	1 215	5.0

Couples with children	12 885	2 473	1 648	1 193	952	848	758	606	623	631	719	860	1 574	5.6

Unknown	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0

¹	Figures for Tysnes and Øksnes are dated 2006.